Sunday, 19 July 2015

1000 Flowers for the Planet - #566 Take Unused Meds Back to the Pharmacy

1000 Flowers for the Planet - #566 Take Unused Meds Back to the Pharmacy

There was a time when we were told to flush unused
medications down the toilet so they could not be misused or taken after the
use-by date, and to keep them away from children. The reasons for disposing of
unused medications haven’t changed – we still want to make sure they can’t be
accessed by children and no one should take medication past its end date or
inappropriately. Today, the best way to remove unused, expired and unwanted
medications from your household is to return them to a pharmacy where they will
be disposed of correctly. Flushing them down the toilet means putting chemicals
into our water system. The same result occurs when they are tossed into
landfill – rain or running water will wash through the landfill and take
chemicals further into the environment, where they affect everything. All it
takes is a small action from us to help heal the planet.

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I am a writer, emerging artist, quiltmaker and public speaker. My current art installation is a work in progress, titled "1000 Flowers for the Planet". Every day, for 1000 days, I will blog one flower with a positive suggestion for how we can improve the planet - environmental, social, moral and ethical ideas. Please join me on this journey, send me your ideas for further suggestions and feel free to comment. If everyone took up only 1% of the ideas (i.e. 10 new actions), imagine the shift in the world!!
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